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Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Approximate author period: c. 1887 AD · industrial
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- Jules Renard
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- Approximate author period: c. 1887 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Jules Renard, based on documented lifetime 1864 to 1910. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314987 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314987 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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